Grain-door attachment.



kNo. 705,655.

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Patented July 29, |902.

(Application led Apr. 27, 1901.)

C T DUCTER GRAIN noon ATTACHMENT.

(No Model.)

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OANOEL THOMAS Dooren, OF vANwiNKLn, GEORGIA.

GRAIN-DOOR ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,655, dated July 29, 1902.

Appleman' ined April 27, 190,1.

To tu whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CANCEL THOMAS Doo- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at of Georgia, have invented a new and useful ing is a specification.

This invention relates generally to graincar-door attachments, and more particularly to the means for attaching the door to the car.

` The object of the invention is to provide simple and efiicient means for fastening the door when in use and also for securing it when not in use; and with these objects in View the invention consists, essentially, in providing the door with a detachable hinge member adapted to be connected to one end of the door for the purpose of engaging a perforated plate secured to one of the door-posts and in providing a slidable connection between the' opposite end of the door and a rod fixed upon the interior of the car whereby the door can be elevated and suspended from the top of the car when not in use.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combi nation, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a view showing the practical application of my invention, the view being taken fromA the exterior of the car and showing the doorin use. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view taken from the interior and showing the position the door occupies when not in use. Figf is a horizontal'seetional' view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. I. Figs is an interior detail view showing the free end of a car-door, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the door. p

My invention is applicable to all constructions of cars, and when applying my door to the car I arrange an angle-plate A upon the left-hand post of a door-frame provided with perfor-ations A', and a rod Bis attached to the righthand door-post upon the inner face, as most clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4:. The door C is made somewhat longer than the width of ythe doorway, as most clearly indicated in Fig. 3, and at its left-hand end is Serial No. 57,770. (No model.)

bound by a strip ofpiron D. A forked hingelike locking member E is adapted to be secured to. the left-hand end ofthe door upon they exterior, the hooked ends E/ engaging the openings A produced in the angle-plate A. The central-or end portion E2 of the locking member is slotted to pass over an eyebolt F, arranged upon the exterior of the door, and a pin G, carried bythe chain H, securely fastens the end E2 upon the staple or eyebolt F. The forksof` the locking member pass over and rest upon the guideleyes I, and through which a bolt K passes, said bolt serving to hold the forks of the member in their proper position when in engagement with the angle-plate.

As before stated, the door is somewhat longer than the width of the doorway, and when the door is closed its free endrests upon the inner face of the right-hand door-post, as most clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.

A clip L is arranged upon the right-hand end of the door, and a chain M is attached to this clip and carries a ring N, which slides upon the rod B, thus connecting the door to the said rod.' VVhenthe door isin use, the various parts are arranged as shown in Fig. I. When it is desired to remove the door, the locking-bolts are withd rawn and the locking member E swung outwardly `until its hooked ends disengage the perforated angle-plate.

Thedoor can then be elevated, as shown in Fig. 2, and suspended from the top of the car by means of hooks O, the sliding connection between the right-hand end of the ear and the rod B permitting. such elevation and suspension.

It will thus be seen that' I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and eiiicient means for attaching a car-door tothe car.'

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ol thc United States, 'ism I. In a device of the kind described, the combination with the door, of a perforated angle-plate, the forked hinge-like locking member having hooked ends to engage the perforations in the angle-plate, and means for attaching said locking member to the door, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the door, of the loeking-pinspassingthroughtheeyesandConperforated angle-plate, the forked hinge-like meeting the door and member, substantially looking member having hooked ends, the opas described., posite end of said locking member being CANCEL THOMAS DOCTER.

l; slotted, the eyebolt or staple over which the Vit-nesses:

slotted end lit-s, the guide-eyes upon which J. P. THORNTON, the forks of the looking member rest, and the 1 I J. A. CROSS.

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